Deepen your understanding of textiles and fiber arts through our Art Speaks lecture + discussion series!
Art Speaks events feature visiting Guest Teaching Artists, exhibiting artists, and invited textile scholars.
Events occur in person, online, and often in a hybrid format (online and in-person options). Tickets are typically offered on a sliding scale.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Art Speaks: Timeless Tapestries of Evelyn + Jerome Ackerman
Thursday, April 24, 5 – 7 pm, HYBRID: In person and on Zoom
Join Textile Center in welcoming Evelyn + Jerry’s daughter, Laura Ackerman-Shaw, as she talks about her new book that details her parent’s incredible legacy. The evening will feature a presentation on ERA Industries textiles, a brief Q+A, and book sales + signings by Laura. This program is created in collaboration with Docomomo US/MN and the Goldstein Museum of Design.
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Art Speaks: A History of African American Quilting with Tracy Vaughn-Manley
Friday, April 25, 12 – 1 pm: Virtual on Zoom
Join us for a special Art Speaks with Professor Tracy Vaughn-Manley on the history of African American quilting traditions.
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Art Speaks: Sculptural and Social Quilting with Aaron McIntosh
Friday, May 9, 12 – 1 pm
Virtual, on Zoom
Join us for a special online Art Speaks with Aaron McIntosh as he discusses his most recent exhibitions The Gloaming at Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain in Montreal, and Entanglements at Northeastern University in Boston, with a particular focus on the sculptural and social possibilities of the quilt form.
This talk gives more insight into Aaron’s practice in anticipation of his upcoming workshops at Textile Center, Sculptural Approach to Quilting (June 16 – 18, 2025) and a community-oriented Queer Quilting Bee (June 20 – 21, 2025).
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Art Speaks: Stitching Black Legacy with Carolyn L. Mazloomi
Friday, May 16, 6 – 6:30pm, HYBRID: In person and on Zoom
Join us in welcoming renowned artist, historian, curator, and author Dr. Carolyn L. Mazloomi to Textile Center for a presentation about her newest exhibition, Stitching Black Legacy: The Quilts of Carolyn Mazloomi, on view at Textile Center from April 22 through July 12, 2025.
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Art Speaks: An Unfinished Project: Intersecting Quilting, Book Arts, and History to Celebrate a Mother’s Creative Legacy
Tuesday, May 20, 5 – 7pm: In person at Textile Center
Join us in welcoming Randy J. Hartten and Kent Aldrich of Nomadic Press to Textile Center for the unveiling of An Unfinished Project. This conversation is co-presented by Textile Center, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, and Minnesota Historical Society
